Planning application · Wicklow County Council

the continued operation of the existing Cronelea Upper Wind Farm…

Cronelea and Ballymarroge , Shillelagh , County Wicklow

2460106 · WicklowGranted
Reference
2460106
Planning authority
Wicklow County Council
Received
23 Feb 2024
Decided
22 Oct 2024
Status
Granted
Site area
4.62 ha
Further information requested
12 Apr 2024
Further information received
2 Oct 2024

Proposed development

the continued operation of the existing Cronelea Upper Wind Farm; as permitted under Wicklow County Council Planning Register Reference 01/4273 (An Bord Pleanála Reference PL27.125044); for a further period of 15-years following the expiry of its current planning permission. The existing wind farm comprises (i) 3 no. wind turbines and associated turbine foundations and crane hardstandings; (ii) a site entrance and approximately 1 kilometre of site access track; (iii) an electrical control building with a gross floor area of 55 square metres; (iv) underground electrical and communications cabling; and (v) all associated ancillary site infrastructure. The proposed development does not comprise any modifications to the existing wind farm. This planning application is accompanied by an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report

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Permission was granted on 22 Oct 2024. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.

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